Improved ventilating- sky-light



.N. W. WHEELER.

VENTILATING SKYLIGHT.

No. 64,816, Patented May 14, 1867.

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IMPROVED VENTILATING SKY- LIGHT.

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TO ALL ,WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, NORMAN W. WHEELER, of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ventilating Sky-Light for lighting and ventilating the cabins of. ships, and for other like purposes; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description of the construction and operation thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which-- 1 Figure 1 represents a vertical section and Figure 2 a horizontal section of my invntioh- Like letters of reference indicating the same parts in the two figures.

My invention is intended to supersede those devices heretofore used upon ships or buildings for the purpose of lighting the cabins or rooms from the deck or roof, which have usually been made of wood or metal and glass, and in which the ventilation has been accomplished, or attempted, by opening some part of the structure,

as the sash. In the drawingsa indicates a hood ventilator, of well-known construction; 13 B, a metal or wooden frame; C C, the roof thereof, and D D a flange by which-to bolt or otherwise secure the structure to the deck tt or roof. This frame and its roof are made with numerous apertures, into which are set, with the frames 11 n n, 850., and made tight with rubber packing, or other well-known devices as many glasses E E, &c., of corrugated or other form, as

maybe practicable oinecessary, Thetop or roof of the frame is fitted to receive the ventilator a, to which is attached, by the cross it, the rod g, by which red the hood a may be turned to any position desired by persons below; and upon the rod 9 is'fitted a drip-pan,f, to which pan f: is attached one or more pipes jj, which fit telescopically in the be'ntpipes 2' i, which pipes z'ia-re secured to the frame B B, &c., as shown, in such a way that any moderate amount of waterwhich may enter the hood a in the form of spray or rain will be caught by the pan f and run out upon the deck t t or roof through the pipes z' 2' and jj. The pen f is fitted loosely nponthe rod 9 and'held up by the pin is, or rests upon the pipes jj or it, but the pin it may be withdrawn from the position shown and placed in other holes in the rod g so that by carryingthe pun f at different heights in relation to the bottom of the hood :1 the degree of ventilation may be regulated at will or suppressed by raising the pan f into contact with the hood (I, the pipes jj being made to slide freely within the pipes 2' z' to allowsuiiicient motion. .The rod 9 may also be fitted so as to beudjustable in the crdss k, and the operation of adjusting the height of the pan f be performed by a person standing upon the deck tt or root and reaching in at the mouth of the hood a, shifting the pin l to different holes in the rod g; and any ventilating sky-light may be thus fitted for convenient manipulation from above or below, or both. A useful modification maybe made in this invention by replacing the glasses E E, 820., with small pyramidal or conical glasses, usually -,called bull'seyes, set in place and made tight with cement, but I prefer plain plates of glass for the roof and plates at the sides having corrugations upon-theinner sides, at least, for the purpose of refracting the light downwards as much as possible; and it may be well, in some cases, to construct the pan f with aconoidal reflector attached to its lower side for the purpose of rel'lccting't'he light downwards and diffusing it through the rooms or cabins. Thus far the lighting and ventilation of an apartment immediately below the'deck or roof :5 t have been considcred. It is frequently necessary to light and ventilate apartments one deck or story below the position of the ventilating sky-light, and at the same time, in some cases, light apartments immediately below the deck t t or roof. To accomplishthistho trunk r is extcndeddownwards to and through the deck or floor below, and for the purpose of lighting the intermediate apartments there are inserted in the walls of the trunk r the glasses seas. In many cases it is necessary toprovide fort-he escapeiof air from apartments as well as for its entrance.

For that purpose one or more pipes o o o 0' are provided, openipg'throug'h the deck t t or root, and each fitted with'tbc well-known ventilating-cap op/ s0 that if the hood abe turned toward the wind and the trunk 1' omitted, the air ivill enter through the sky-light and escape through the pipes o o 0 o. If it be desired to light and ventilate thenpper and lower between-decks or analogous rooms, the trunk r and glassesas as are retained, and an opening left-inlthe intervening deck or'floor for the passage of air, when the air will traverse the trunk r to the lower between-decks, rise through the opening, and escape through the pipes-0 0 o o. In many cases ships may be wholly lights and'ventilated from the upper deck without the use of side lights, and yet the different cabins be kept separate. thcsuse of my invention. For-instance, suppose a ship with the first cabin in the upper between-decka'and thesecoud cabin in the lower between-decks, and the first cabin fitted with a double row of state-rooms uponeaclrisideof the saloon, this being a diifie'ultcase for complete lightingaud ventilation. 1n. this case the saloon would be; fitte'd'withoneor more ventilating sky-lights, as before described, but with-the pipes o o o o omitted, which would deliver air into the saloon and through suitable openings into each state room. At the common corner of each group. of four state rooms a trunk, r, surmounted with aventilating s ky lighQ-(figs. 1 and 2,) would be placed, extending from the upper tothe second deck and having glasses 8 a a e to'lighteach state-roomytho state-room bulk-heads v o 'u 1: meeting the trunk, as shown in fig. 2, and the pipes o o ooeach'communicating with a state-room, thus securing the escape. of air from each, and moreover, if the-robe two or. more ventilating sky-lights communicating with the second cabin, a part of the hoods may be turned toward and apart from the wind, securing factive ventilation and light at the same time for all inhabited parts of the ship,

' By the use of this'iuvention the necessity for closing the' lighting and ventilating apertures in the cabins .ofships in heavy weather will be obviated; and even in extremity, the frame being f adequate strength, it

' willfonly be necessary to withdraw the hood :1 and puta cap in its stead, to close the aperture, or to place a canvas bonnet over the mouth of the hood a,- tlius relieving at least so much:of suffering as results from the deprivation of light when batches are hatteued down.

Having dcserihed my invention, I will now indicate that which I esteem new, and for which I desire to secure Letters Patent, viz, I claim 1. The combination of the hood a, frame B B, -and glasses E E E, or their equivalents, substantially as set forth.

-2. The combination of the hood. a,'panf, pipes z' ijj, and frame B B, or their equivalents, substantially as set forth. 3. The combination of the trunk 1- and glasses SS8 8 with the above, substantially as, set forth.

4. The combination of the pipes o o o and lighted frame 13 B, or their equivalents, substantially as set forth. 4

NORMAN, W. WHEELER.

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